Jury Awards $265 Million To Bader Farms In Lawsuit Against Bayer, BASF

Jury Awards $265 Million To Bader Farms In Lawsuit Against Bayer, BASF

UPDATED Saturday at 12:00 p.m. – CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A federal jury found in favor of Bader Farms on all counts in a lawsuit against Bayer and BASF. On Friday, the jury awarded $15 million of the requested $20.9 million in damages requested by Bader Farms. On Saturday, the jury also awarded Bader Farms $250…

Dicamba On Trial: Peach Farm One Witness Away From Resting Its Case

Dicamba On Trial: Peach Farm One Witness Away From Resting Its Case

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – In July 2016, Bill Bader, frustrated by the second straight year of alleged dicamba damage to his peach trees, got out his invoice book and hand wrote bills to his neighbors he suspected of illegally spraying the herbicide: $720,000 to one, $660,000 to another and $1.2 million to a third, according…

Dicamba On Trial: ‘No Way’ To Know Where Drift Came From
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Dicamba On Trial: ‘No Way’ To Know Where Drift Came From

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The air in parts of the Midwest and South has become so contaminated with the weed killer dicamba that it has caused widespread damage to soybeans and other crops in recent summers, testified Dr. Ford Baldwin, a professor emeritus of weed science at the University of Arkansas in federal court on…

In Trial Against Bayer And BASF, Missouri Peach Farmer Testifies About Alleged Dicamba Damage
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In Trial Against Bayer And BASF, Missouri Peach Farmer Testifies About Alleged Dicamba Damage

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – In June 2018, Bill Bader’s grandson wanted a ripe peach to eat, so the two got in an all-terrain vehicle and drove to the area of Bader’s farm where the fruit would be about the size of baseballs, ready to eat fresh off the tree.

Dicamba On Trial: Despite Assurances To Farmers, BASF Told Applicators Dicamba May Cause Damage

Dicamba On Trial: Despite Assurances To Farmers, BASF Told Applicators Dicamba May Cause Damage

While BASF was telling farmers there would be no yield impacts from dicamba drift in 2017, the company was privately telling pesticide applicators that any drift they caused could cause yield loss, according to Monday video testimony from Gary Schmitz, tech service regional manager for the Midwest.